Chapter 382 The Child Isn't With Me
"I stole him?"
Li Banxia sneered, "Why would I steal him?"
The director choked.
“Nannan told us everything. She…she paid someone to snatch your child. It was wrong of her. I’ve already given her a good beating. I’m calling you from the hospital right now.”
"She hired someone? Wasn't it Su Youfu?" Li Banxia retorted.
The director frowned slightly, sensing something was wrong. "...Yes, the idea came from Lin Jiefang and his mother. They instigated our daughter. Su Youfu... came to us on his own. Comrade Li, we didn't know about it beforehand. Otherwise, we would have tried our best to stop her. You have to believe us."
Did I say I didn't believe you?
Li Banxia said calmly, "I have no grudge against you. First, you condoned Lin Jiefang's scheme to frame my son at the wedding, and now you're shifting the blame onto your daughter to harm my grandson. What? Does being the director of an auto parts factory mean you can do whatever you want without any consequences? Or do you not know the pain of punishment until it hits you?"
The director's expression changed.
Knowing that Li Banxia could say such things, this matter was unlikely to end well.
He hurriedly said, "We can come to your door in person to apologize and compensate for the losses. Please, Comrade Li, do not harm my child."
"You do need to apologize, and I'm waiting for your apology."
After he finished speaking, the phone was hung up.
The director, clutching the microphone, looked up and met his wife's gaze. His wife asked, "If we apologize, will they give the child back to us?"
The director shook his head.
“She didn’t say. I’m going back to get some money and buy some things. You take Nannan with you, and I’ll take a taxi to the hospital entrance to pick you up in a bit.”
The director lifted his foot and walked out, but after a few steps, he stopped and turned back to call his wife, "Talk to her properly. No matter what the other party asks, make her agree to it. No matter what, we must save the child first."
"Okay!" The director's wife nodded repeatedly.
Only after the director had walked away did she wipe her eyes and return to her ward.
Seeing her daughter lying in the hospital bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, the director's wife felt both heartache and frustration.
Why can't this child be more ambitious?
Li Banxia has already sent her uncle to jail, how dare she still cause trouble for her? Even her father is afraid of Li Banxia now!
But for the sake of her child, she could only force herself to be more sensible and advise her daughter to be more realistic.
The director went home to get his savings book, reluctantly withdrew 1,000 yuan, bought a few gifts, took a taxi to the hospital entrance to pick up the mother and daughter, and then urged the driver to go to Li's Medicinal Cuisine Health Center.
Li Banxia and her three sons were waiting for them there.
"Comrade Li, this is our apology. My daughter is unruly, and she was indeed wrong this time. I failed to discipline her properly. I apologize to you. I'm sorry."
Seeing their posture, the director didn't dare to be careless at all. He handed over the items and money and apologized to Li Banxia very solemnly.
Li Banxia nodded and called Su Laoda, "Next, this is a gift to calm the child's fright."
Boss Su agreed, took the things, and placed them on the table next to him.
Li Banxia looked at the mother and daughter standing next to the director.
The director winked at his wife.
The director's wife pulled her daughter forward, forcing a smile, "Comrade Li, I'm sorry, my daughter... was instigated by Lin Jiefang to do this wrong thing. Please forgive her and don't hold it against her."
"What are you talking about? Is she a three-year-old? Does she think she'll just rush in and kill or set fires if someone eggs her on?" Old Su rolled his eyes from the side.
The director's wife looked unwell, and she could barely maintain her smile.
The young woman pursed her lips, stepped forward, and said, "One should take responsibility for one's own actions. I was the one who hired this person, and I was the one who wanted to take your child. Now we have apologized and made amends, but where is my son? Give my son back to us at once."
"Your parents apologized, but you didn't!" Su Laosan spat lightly.
The young wife wanted to get angry, but her mother pulled her back. She gritted her teeth and said to Li Banxia, "I'm sorry."
Then he looked at Su Laosan and asked, "Is that enough?"
"What kind of manners do you have? How were you raised? You even act superior while apologizing?"
When had the director ever been ridiculed by a junior, especially the son of the previously insignificant Su Youfu? His face darkened, and he called to his daughter, "Nannan, think of the child, and apologize properly to Comrade Li!"
The young wife looked humiliated and glared fiercely at Su Laosan. When she received her father's gaze, her eyes reddened. "Dad!"
"Hurry up!" the director urged.
Remembering her mother's words, the young woman dared not disobey her father's orders. Her voice choked with sobs as she apologized to Li Banxia again, "I'm sorry, Comrade Li, I was wrong. I shouldn't have had someone snatch your child. Please, give my son back to me."
The director's wife, fearing her daughter would be harassed again, quickly spoke up in agreement.
"Yes, Comrade Li, you see we've done everything we can. Where's my grandson? Can you give him back to us now?"
Li Banxia glanced at her and said, "The child isn't with me. Didn't I tell you that on the phone?"
After speaking, he looked at the director.
The director was taken aback, thinking it was Li Banxia's excuse.
It must be you!
The young wife wouldn't believe it. She retorted, "If you want revenge on the Liberation Army, if you want revenge on us, I'll take your grandson, and you'll take my child too, so I can experience the pain of losing a child!"
The director and his wife looked at Li Banxia hopefully.
"I'm really sorry to disappoint you. When I settle scores between adults, I only go after the people involved. I won't take it out on innocent children."
A hint of mockery flashed in Li Banxia's eyes as she glanced at the couple. "Why aren't you calling the police to find the child? Why are you letting her throw mud at me like this? Or should I call the police for you?"
"The child...is really not with you?" the director asked.
Li Banxia looked at him without saying a word.
The young woman suddenly knelt down with a thud and said, "Li Banxia, I beg you, please give me back my child. If Jiefang finds out the child is lost, he won't want me anymore..."
Li Banxia frowned, glanced at her, then at the director and his wife.
She asked the young woman, "Is there nothing or no one else in this world that can please you? Did Lin Jiefang save your life?"
The young wife shook her head.
"I just love him. I'm already his woman, and we have a child together. Who would love someone who has had a child?!"
He seemed completely unyielding.
Li Banxia shook her head. "The child isn't with me. If you don't believe me, you can call the police."
The family was filled with doubt and suspicion.
"Don't call the police!"
The young woman looked up in horror and asked, "How dare you call the police?! Aren't you afraid that human traffickers will sell your grandson?"
What am I afraid of?
Li Banxia said, "My grandson was brought back last night. The man didn't succeed. We also learned from him that it was Su Youfu who did it. He said he gave the other party a thirty-yuan deposit..."
"What?"
The director was stunned. "The person Su Youfu found, that..."
He turned to look at his daughter.
The young woman looked bewildered and said, "It wasn't him, it was me. I was the one who found him. Jiefang gave me the idea. We agreed to bring your grandson here to negotiate with you..."
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